Sound-producing toy



Dec. 429 1925. I 1,567,413

E. Boccl-nNo SOUND PRODUCING TOY Filed Jan. 24, 1925 Patented Dec. 29, 19225..

ERNEST BOCCHNO, OF PASSAIC, NEV JERSEY.

SOUN-PRUDCING TOY.

Application filed January 24, 1925.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that l, ERNEST Boccrrino, a citizen of the United States, and residentof Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sound l3roducing Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention lrelates to playthings for children and more particularly to toys, 1n the guise of dolls or otherwise, capable of producing sounds.

llt is one of the features of the invention to produce atoy having easily accessible elements that, upon being compressed, cause an internal organization to emit clearly audible sounds.

A further feature is in the provision of a toy calculated to impart amusement and pleasure, that is easily operated, capable of long continued service, and which can be manufactured at a moderate cost.

Y'llhese and other like aims and objects are accomplished by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 isa front elevational view of an embodiment of the invention as applied to a conventional type of doll.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the head thereof, showing the operative construction of the sound producing device.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the head in detail.

Figure 4 is a further enlarged end view of the sound producing means.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

Figure 6 is a view like Fig. 4, but showing a modification of the sound making means.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, a grotesque doll is shown in Fig. 1 consisting of a body l0 having legs 11 and arms 12 pivoted to the body by tubular rivets 13 that act as pivots upon which the limbs are freely movable.

It is to be understood however that the ligure represented does not in itself constitute any material part of the invention, as obviously any other body, representing dif- Seral No. 4,421.

ferent objects may be substituted for that shown.

The head of the object, generally represented by the numeral. 14, may he made of any suitable material, as papieranche or other like not readily fracturable substance preferably in two parts 15 and 1G, respectively front and rear, the front portion being moulded or otherwise shaped to present features simulative of a person, including eyes. nose, and mouth colored to present a natural appearance, the line of demarcation 17 passing vertically through the ears 18.

The lower portions of both sections are shaped to produce a recess 10 in which may 70 be engaged the upper part of the body 10 secured by rivets 20 passed through the opening 21 in the walls of the recess.

At about the center of the head, formed substantially equally in both front and rear portions, is a generally cylindrical chamber 22 expanded outwardly at its end openings 23 at the upper side and provided with raised abutments 24 at the louer side, as best seen in Fig. 2.

A bellows 25, composed of a thin flexible tubular wall, such as a textile fabric rubberized or otherwise treated to be substantially air tight, is provided with rigid heads 26 cemented or otherwise secured'in the ends 85 of the tube` which is normally held extended by a coiled compression spring 27 abutting `the inner surfaces of the heads within the bellows.

On the outer sides of the heads 26, eccentrically to their axis, is fixed oppositely eX- tending alined stems 28 having at their outer extremities the ears 18 which protrude sufficiently outward to permit of grasping by the fingers of an operator to be pressed inwardly and thus compress the bellows, the heads of which normally are in contact with the abutments 24.

The structure above described is obviously disposed in the chamber 22 before the head 100 members 15 and 1G are united and is so proportioned that the ears extend uniformly outward as shown.

In one or both of the heads 26 is an opening 29 into which leads a depression or re- 105 cess 30 formed on the outer side of the head and adapted to receive and guide a portion of a reed 31, the inner end of which eX- tends partially over the opening 29 and is secured in position by a piece of paper or like material 32, held by anadliesive to cover.

the opening and apart ofthevreedaswcan be seen in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the modification disclosed in Figs.` 61

which air may be drawn or expelled, by the action of the bellows, causingy a whistling sound to bev emitted upon movement being transmitted by'manipulation of the ears, in a manner well understood, while the iirst described device-produces amusical note or tone byfreason of air beingpassed through the reed 31; Y

Fromy the foregoing it willy be seen that a simple device forv this-purpose hasbeen disclosed inthe-preferred form of itsenibodiment, but it' is notd'esired to restrict tliedetailsto the exact construction shown, it being obvious that changes, not involving theexerciseoi invention, may/be made without conflictingv with they scope of the appended claims.

Havingtlius described my' invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure @by Letters Patent, iscl. The combination with a toyv representing a doll provided withl a head containing' a chamber.Y havingoffset lateral openings, of a sound making devicei'within the chamber, said 'device beingl operative upon the application of pressure, elements simiilative of,`

earsiXedfon the ends ofV said-device to eX- tendi oppositely outward through the mentionedopenings'to moveA relatively therein, and means for normallyfextending saidelements'. equally' outward:

2.',Tl1ey combinationiwith adoll having a transversely cliamberedl head and protrudmenare associatedv with theV heads of, said' bellows, and means' actuatedfby compression; ofjsaid ears to operate the bellows.'

l. Thecombina-tion with a dollghaving a cliambered'head and protruding ears, of-a bello-wsl loosely conned iny said head, means iior expanding the bellows, soundprodiicing. meanscarried by thefheads offsaidbellows, and stems projecting outwardly; iro-mA the bellowsl heads tl'iroughthe doll head, said ears being ,operatively attached-to the-stems.

5; The combination with a doll head1 containing ya chamber having offset-lateral openings, of'a bellowsconined in thefcliamber, said bellows hav-ing rigid heads, means'in the bellows to normally maintain thebellows heads against the= abutmentsformed at the junction Yot thefchamber and"A its open in gs, stemsl on said? bellows-heads to i extend outwardly-off the toy, saidstems-being inl alineinent andf susceptible of being simultaneously7 pressed inward through the open ings to actuate the bellows,. said! bellows heads having openings and sound? making devices f carried by *said bellows heads to interseetl the 2 lopenings therein. Y

Signed at New York, in the county oflfNewi Yorkl andi State4 oit-'New York, this 23d davy of January, 1925.l

ERNEST BOGOHINO. 

